mtl008 Chapter 840 There is no Sudong in this year's Champions League!
Chapter 840 There is no Sudong in this year's Champions League!
Chapter 840 There is no Sudong in this year's Champions League!
"Nice job, guys!"
In the visitors' dressing room at the Emirates Stadium, Guardiola was full of praise for his team's performance.
Once in the door, the City manager made no secret of his pride and pride in his team's first-half performance.
It's no wonder that he was so aggrieved in leading the team last season, that now he is starting to feel proud and happy.
Last season, Manchester City was the champion in ball possession, but their offense and performance were unsatisfactory. In the end, they only mixed up the Europa League, but this is really unconvincing for Manchester City, which has invested huge sums of money for two consecutive years.
Guardiola is a rookie head coach, he has been controversial, and he was almost fired.
It can be said that last season, from Guardiola to Soriano to Begiristan, Manchester City was under heavy pressure and burden, but all of these have disappeared in this season.
The arrival of Pepe has strengthened the team's defense and transformed Manchester City into the best defensive team in the Premier League; the joining of Toni Kroos has greatly relieved the pressure on Busquets and David Silva.
But the most important thing is Su Dong.
Guardiola still clearly remembers that someone once asked him why Santa Cruz performed so well at Blackburn, but after coming to Manchester City, he failed under his coaching?
Guardiola's answer at the time was that Blackburn's football style was not modern enough.
This sentence was ridiculed by many people, because Manchester City's results at the time were not satisfactory, let alone telling the truth, even if Guardiola took a bite of food, it would be a crime, and if he took a breath of air, it would be wrong.
But is there something wrong with this?
No problem!
Which position is the most difficult to play in modern football?
No one really thinks it's a defender or a midfielder, right?
It's the striker!
Guardiola is a midfielder, he can answer without hesitation, it is a striker, especially a center forward.
In the modern football tactical system, the further forward and closer to the opponent's goal, the higher the requirements for the player's ability.
Why not Santa Cruz?
The answer is simple, it is not capable enough.
The rest is to carefully study which aspect of his lack of ability under the premise of insufficient ability?
Is it because the center forward who holds the ball with his back is not capable?Or is his physical ability not good enough?Or is he lacking in the ability to fight for the top of the ball?
But in general, his ability is not enough.
Then why did Su Dong do it?
Because he is strong enough!
Last season, many people accused Manchester City of being a pseudo-powerful team, a wealthy upstart, and a mercenary army. Why?
Manchester City can always take advantage of the possession of the ball in the game, but they have never been able to score. Is it the lack of overall strength of Manchester City?
really not.
Manchester City has invested so much money, and all the players brought in have proven their strengths in other teams, and none of them are weak.
The reason why the team was unable to win and the results were poor was that the stars in the team were not strong enough.
In other words, not strong enough!
I believe that fans who often watch the game will not be unfamiliar with the two scenes.
A weak team was beaten by a strong team. After struggling to support, at a certain critical point, they scored a goal by relying on a counterattack.
A strong team is pressing down on a weaker team to fight desperately, unable to open the situation, unable to score goals, and finally at a certain critical node, a certain player has a flash of inspiration, scores a goal, and wins for the team.
This should be a very common phenomenon in the two football games, so why is there such a completely different situation?
The answer is simple, the strength of the star determines a certain moment!
In these two environments, both the strong and weak teams are doing their best to play their best side and restrain their opponents in a targeted manner. The strong team has the advantage and exerts enough pressure on the opponent's defenders.
This is a manifestation of the strength of the head star.
The strong team had the upper hand, but the opponent held the pressure and could not score a goal. This is a manifestation of the lack of strength of the offensive players of the strong team to win the opponent. Otherwise, there should be a flash of inspiration or a devastating goal.
In many cases, the strength of the head star determines the upper limit of a team.
Looking at Manchester City last season, is there a star who can do it?
Is there a star who can turn the situation around at critical moments?
Is there that kind of star whose personal ability stands out from the crowd?
The answer is, no!
Even Sanchez, who is the strongest in the team, still disarms when encountering the opponent's tight marking.
But what about Su Dong?
How many games has he had this season, saving the team at critical moments?
How many goals did he open the scoring, and how many goals were lore?
For a team, the two most important positions, which can also be said to be the pillars, are the center forward and the central defender.
Last season, Manchester City's central defender was only Kompany who was barely competent.
why?
Because Pepe is one of the most capable central defenders in world football today!
Not to mention the center forward, Su Dong is the most capable player among the active football players in the world today.
Even compared with those legendary stars in history, he can definitely rank among the strongest.
With such a strong point in place, Manchester City's front and rear pillars support the team's overall competitiveness, so even if the goalkeeper stretches his hips, Manchester City is still invincible.
Looking back at Arsenal, isn't the problem obvious?
Who is Wenger's centre-back?
Julu, Koscielny and Squillac have no real strengths.
Who is the center forward?
Van Persie can only be regarded as slightly stronger, Chamark is a role player, and the rest are gone.
It is strange that such an Arsenal can achieve good results!
If it is said that David Silva, Pepe, Toni Kroos, Busquets, Kompany and others determine the lower limit of Manchester City, then Sudong determines the upper limit of Manchester City.
With the current momentum of Manchester City, anyone can see that this team is destined to become the strongest team in Europe, and there is no need to add another one later.
And one of the most fortunate things for the giants competing for the Champions League this season is that Manchester City cannot play the Champions League.
Otherwise, they really have nothing to do!
For example, Barcelona's Mourinho shouted early that Barcelona will do its best to hit the Champions League.
"This year is the best opportunity, because there is no Su Dong in the Champions League, but next year he will come back!"
This is not being said now, this is what Mourinho said before the season started.
This also represents the views of the mainstream European coaching circle on Guardiola's Manchester City after joining forces with Su Dong.
And Manchester City has also confirmed the outside world's views on them through game after game.
Especially tonight, the bloodbath of Arsenal was [-]-[-] in the first half. No matter how you look at it, it is the rhythm of beating the opponent.
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Standing among the players in the dressing room, Guardiola was really agitated.
He has a lot of rhetoric that he wants to shout out, and he wants to motivate his players, but in the end, all the thousands of words turned into one sentence.
"Everyone keep working hard in the second half, don't disappoint the [-]-[-] score in the first half!"
All the Manchester City players in the dressing room suddenly became excited.
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The game restarts.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Arsenal was still very passive.
With zero to five behind, Wenger's team has been completely at a disadvantage.
Manchester City controlled the advantage and continued to attack Arsenal, while the Gunners barely maintained their position and occasionally played a wave of offenses, trying to score goals at home and save face.
But at 7 minutes, Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball on the left.
After Pepe came out with Van Persie, he cooperated with Marcelo and intercepted Arsenal's pass on the left. Marcelo directly kicked the ball to the right and handed it to the unguarded Zabaleta.
The Argentine right-back stopped the ball forward, started quickly, and dribbled the ball directly across the halfway line and headed straight for Arsenal's half-court.
Manchester City's counterattack also rose quickly.
Su Dong didn't go forward blindly in the middle, waiting for his teammates to cross, but saw Arsenal's defense retreating quickly, so he immediately retreated, pulled out the defense of the Arsenal defender, and ran out to meet Zabaleta.
Zabaleta immediately passed the ball to Su Dong, and he was about to rush into the penalty area.
After Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, he suddenly pointed to Di Maria on the left, and he also made a gesture to pass the ball to the left, which immediately made Arsenal's defensive players all look to the left.
Unexpectedly, Su Dong was just bluffing and didn't pass to the left. Instead, he suddenly sent a through ball from the outside of his right foot and sent the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
Sanchez, who was seriously ignored, crossed into the penalty area obliquely, successfully turned offside and successfully formed a one-handed shot, and calmly pushed and shot an empty goal.
Six to zero!
The Chilean winger was so excited that he rushed towards Su Dong, jumped directly on Su Dong's body, and roared with forgetfulness!
"beautiful!"
"Sudong easily tore through Arsenal's defense with a pass while strutting around."
"Six to zero!"
"Arsenal's defenders have miscalculated. Su Dong can not only threaten the opponent's goal, but also create threats, and he is also very cunning. Before passing the ball to Sanchez, he even deliberately pointed to the left to confuse Arsenal's defenders."
"Facing such an opponent, it is really hopeless!"
"Of course, what is even more desperate is that Wenger and his players conceded six goals in less than an hour at home. This is not only a manifestation of Manchester City's strong offensive firepower, but also evidence of Arsenal's poor strength."
"Now, we have to admit that the overall structure of the Premier League has changed. From Tottenham Hotspur's reversal of Arsenal to the bloody massacre of the gunmen in Manchester City, we can see the sudden change of the Premier League structure."
"There is no doubt that Manchester City is already a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League, and it is even the leader in the standings. Tottenham Hotspur also has the strength to change the pattern of the Premier League."
"Teams like Arsenal and Chelsea, if they don't strengthen their strength, it will be difficult to keep the top four in the league!"
(End of this chapter)